PHOTO: The spacecraft, inside a temperature-controlled shipping container, was loaded into a cargo plane at Ben Gurion Airport and then flown to Florida. Photo by Eliran Avital Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries’ first lunar spacecraft began a historic journey to the moon Jan. 17, when it was transported in a cargo plane…
Dementia is the overall term for memory loss and cognitive impairment that results from diseases such as Alzheimer’s. It progresses as damage to the brain disrupts normal communication between brain cells and, in turn, affects behavior and thinking. Religion News Service is running a three-part series on dementia and religion. This is an excerpt from…
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum announced the appointment of Marla Eglash Abraham as Western regional director for the nine-state region that includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. “Marla is a California native with years of successful development experience, and we look forward to her leadership of the museum’s…
Reconstructionist communities in Portland, Bend and Ashland will welcome Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., president of Reconstructing Judaism, the central organization of the Reconstructionist movement, the week of Jan. 21. Temple Emek Shalom in Ashland and the Congregation Shalom Bayit in Bend are the two newest congregations to affiliate with Reconstructing Judaism, which includes nearly 100…
PHOTO: Adam and Gila Milstein, center, at the 2018 AIPAC Student Reception. The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation is collecting submissions for its second Innovation Competition, which will help fund a never-been-done-before, out-of-the-box idea, initiative, project, program or event to advance pro-Israel advocacy on college campuses. This is the second year of the Milstein…
PHOTO: Pink Shabbatluck at the Moishe House in Sydney, Australia, Feb16, 2018. The world’s largest peer-led program for post-college-age Jews is teaming up with the leading organization for Jewish cancer education to get young Jews thinking about inherited risks of breast, ovarian and other cancers. Moishe House and Sharsheret are collaborating on a nation-wide effort…
On Dec. 17 Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries presented a time capsule that will travel to the moon with the first Israeli spacecraft set to launch from Cape Canaveral, FL, in February. The time capsule will travel to the moon inside SpaceIL’s lunar spacecraft. The time capsule consists of three discs, each containing…
PHOTO: Plastic debris on coast of Honduras. Israeli company SodaStream has launched an effort to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans. But Tel Aviv University says plastics have already reached the Red Sea. TAU researchers have found tiny pieces of plastic ingested by aquatic life along Israel’s coastline. Photo courtesy of SodaStream Tel Aviv —…
Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its 5th annual Israel Fair Saturday night, Dec. 22, in the center of Jerusalem. The fair is designed to help young potential Olim, currently in their gap year, learn about their options for IDF service, Israel National Service (Sherut Leumi), Ulpan, and higher education in Israel….
If you’ve ever gone backpack shopping with a school-aged child, you know picking the right one is a big decision. The array of shapes, styles and patterns is matched by the range of prices. The modern backpack explicitly made for books has only been around since the mid-1970s, but it’s hard to imagine the time…
